In this interview Jim Ross has some advice for prospective WWE wrestlers: "I used to tell talents this when I'd sign them, 'Here's what you need to do to come to work here, and stay here, and be great, and make a lot of money, is be the professional that we expect out of you in all phases, but whatever you do, develop a healthy, genuine, not disingenuous ass-kissing, but a healthy relationship with the boss because that will go miles down the road and give you opportunities because he gets to know who you are, he gets to plug into what you're about as a person. A little bit of that could be converted into creative and then your creative is more organic. I think Vince would be very adamant by saying 'Yes'. Are those opportunities every day and very, very easy to obtain? Probably not simply because of the workload, but I just don't believe Vince will ever let go, and he shouldn't, of his relationship with the talents. Understand most of these kids wanted to get into the business forever. This is their dream job, right? Well, this is the guy that created the dream in that regard. So sometimes, it's intimidating for them because he is the most omnipotent man in the world that's in our field."

Even though he and his wife Su Yung have seemingly reconciled, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon said they are "waiting on legal" before reinstating Rich Swann at the Television Critics Association Winter Tour event in California. They also added if it somehow went to court and he plead guilty or was found guilty, he'd be released "immediately." (wInc)

At the same event Triple H spoke about the odds of Daniel Bryan wrestling again in WWE: "There can be no exception, medically, if the belief is that he's not healthy enough and it is a risk for to perform, then I don't know why we would ever allow him to step in the ring unless it can be proven otherwise. We have some of the best medical people in the world working for us. Our wellness policy, our concussion programs, out protocols - I'll put them up against any on the planet. The medical experts will make the determination of whether Bryan can set foot in that ring or not, personally, for him, I know it's something he loved doing and own hope he has that opportunity. But at the same point in time, he's married and has a child. We serve the human being first."

Misc. tweets and social media posts are below.

Pink pigtails ... where have I seen that before? #sdlive - Alexa Bliss (@AlexaBliss_WWE) January 10, 2018

Don't trip bestie, you're the top of the mountain, imitation is bound to happen. You are untouchable with what you have done, let her have the scraps http://pic.twitter.com/WwDy8omZ1D - Nia Jax (@NiaJaxWWE) January 10, 2018

I did what I said I was going to do. I don't say things just to say them. @WWE #SDLive http://pic.twitter.com/VjPR1WllEp - Mojo Rawley (@MojoRawleyWWE) January 10, 2018

Tonight I wrestled in the same building that I made my @WWE debut in almost 11 years ago......I'm still here......I lost tonight......But I'm still swinging! You know it...I know it...THEY know it! http://pic.twitter.com/QVjK66P2vL - Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) January 10, 2018

The #PremierAthlete @TonyNese wants back IN the #ZoTrain! Is this impressive enough, @real1? #205Live http://pic.twitter.com/H36BwrLOse - WWE (@WWE) January 10, 2018

"There were certain goals that @njpwglobal had that were blown out of the water with the announcement of #AlphaVsOmega " @IAmJericho talks to @davidlagreca1 & @bullyray5150 about the success of #NJWK12 http://pic.twitter.com/75CvmzmF7b - SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) January 9, 2018

Should @carmellawwe team up with @thetruekofi, @wwebige, or @xavierwoodsphd? Cast your vote RIGHT NOW on the official #WWEMMC Facebook page! http://www.instagram.com/p/BdwLFdUAueV/ - A post shared by WWE (@wwe) on Jan 9, 2018 at 6:47pm PST

I am thrilled to PROCLAIM that we have ACQUIRED new ALLIES on our side of #TheGreatWar. Ed Nordholm & The Owl of Anthem have revealed themselves as MAJESTIC beings who stand on the side of the LIGHT. The LIGHT always EMERGES, #WOKENWarriors. Everything is COPASETIC & WONDERFUL! http://pic.twitter.com/bL6fN4cjnE - #WOKEN Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) January 10, 2018

Bear witness to the BEST pay-per-view matches of 2017 including this instant classic between @WWERollins @TheDeanAmbrose @WWESheamus and @WWECesaro at #SummerSlam! http://pic.twitter.com/nNBXjLh3BM - WWE (@WWE) January 10, 2018

Thanks to everyone checking in. Surgery went perfect last week! Unfortunately, doctor will not clear me to fly. Sadly, I won’t make it to @IMPACTWRESTLING this week. It pains me so much to not be there, but I know everyone will kill it! - SONJAY (@sonjaydutterson) January 10, 2018

In this interview Nia Jax talks about Total Divas: "It's not too difficult for me, because I don't really change who I am on Total Divas. I'm literally myself. The one thing that was difficult is that we're on the road 300 days for WWE. And then adding a little more filming time for Total Divas... the schedule gets a little more difficult, you know. We've got to do Live Events, then we've got to go to RAW, then we've got to film Total Divas on our days off, then we've got to film other things with Total Divas on our days off, then we go straight back to Live Events and RAW. So the schedule's pretty brutal but it's well worth it."

Here Michael Elgin issues an apology to Jeff Cobb: "I made some comments about Jeff Cobb that were unacceptable. At the time of this conversation I had a lot going on and took it out on Jeff Cobb unfairly. Not only is he a great performer, he is one of the nicest and most kind hearted people I've ever met in my career. I've spoken to him and other colleagues directly and hope they accepted my apology. He deserves praise for his performance and he is a true asset to any company he's involved in, I truly hope he becomes a big part of NJPW this year."

Impact Wrestling starts taping TV tonight at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida - the first shows of the new regime led creatively by Don Callis and Scott D'Amore. It looks like they are going back to a four-sided ring. And speaking of Impact here's a non-spoiler preview for tomorrow night's show. (IW)

And here's the synopsis for Total Divas and two preview clips. "Nia faces her fears and braves a date with a NYC firefighter; Lana's criticism of Nattie's skills on the mic gets in Nattie's head before her big SummerSlam match, forcing Nattie to do something drastic." (E!)

In this interview Chris Jericho reveals a story about WrestleMania 33: "After we went to Japan in June or July I remember coming back and talking to Vince, and I said you've got to bring this Nakamura guy up to the main roster. I wanna work with him. Let's debut him at WrestleMania. I said I'll stay until WrestleMania if I can work with Nakamura. Vince said okay. Then about a month later, I said that I actually think me and Kevin Owens could work at WrestleMania."

And in a show with Kenny Omega, Jericho talks about the financial success of Wrestle Kingdom 12: "art of being a top name or a main eventer or a Hall of Famer is you have to draw money. This, to me, was probably the biggest example of Jericho drawing money. WWE and WrestleMania, for example, that's a brand - people are going no matter what. I think in this day and age WWE is the biggest draw. But for Wrestle Kingdom that wasn't the case. I mean, there were certain goals that New Japan had that were blown out of the water with the announcement of Alpha vs. Omega. That was completely on me. I'm a numbers guy, I was calling every day. 'What's the updated tickets? What's the updated tickets?' We sold 35,000 paid. Last year they did 26,000. They were hoping for 28,000 with 30,000 maybe, maybe, maybe. In my mind it was like 'why aren't you hoping for 50,000?' But then we did 35,000 so that's an extra 7 grand from their projections and almost an extra 10 from what they did last year. Then, their kind of pet now, what they're kind of building the most, is the New Japan subscription service and that went through the roof - an extra 35-percent subscriptions in the last two days before the show. I'm taking credit for it. I don't think the subscriptions would have been there. Plus, you had 2,500 foreigners in the Tokyo Dome. That's 2,500 people who flew from America, England, wherever. Tell me any independent show that draws 2,500 people in your own home country nowadays. It's pretty rare. So all of those things proved that Alpha and Omega was a moneymaking draw. That's a feather in my cap."

Alberto El Patron is doing the media rounds in Orlando to promote the Impact tapings this week. (PWI)

A new post-pregnancy update from Christy Hemme is below.

Here's another interview with Nia Jax: "Kurt (Angle) is a smart man and I the most dominant woman in the company. So with all the women in the ring, I will show everyone that why I am the most dominant force in WWE."

In this Two Man Power Trip interview Shane Douglas talks about the women's Royal Rumble: "I've said it before that I am not and haven't been throughout my career a huge supporter of women's wrestling and I haven't paid that much attention to it. But I will say this that with as over as the Total Divas show has gotten it seems to be the more buzz-worthy part of WWE these days. I think it is completely in line and long overdue. Why not let the women have the same crack at it that the men had? If you are a WWE fan (which I am not) and if you are a fan of that than I don't see why you wouldn't demand to see who will come out on top of this match. I think it is completely appropriate and long overdue but sadly I think it has more to do with identity politics and that women are out there making a lot of noise right now and getting a lot of traction so let's go in that direction. Be that as it may and if that is the reason or if it is not the reason I think it is long overdue. They've been the more spoken about part of the WWE now for several years so why not give them equal footing.If you look at the WWE from the last several years it is the ladies division that has gotten a lot more press and far more traction and far more buzz than the men's division. We've seen the men's division side of it decline to an incredibly low level and seems like every year it is declining and that the women's shows still have some punch behind them. I hear far more buzz about the women wrestlers than I do the men wrestlers in the WWE which leads me to believe that it has more buzz behind it. If that is not true go attack me on social media about it. It seems that the squeaky wheel gets the grease and it seems to me that is where the WWE has placed their assets and it is far more behind the women's division than the men's division."

Enzo Amore vs. Cedric Alexander is now rumored for the Royal Rumble PPV and the cruiserwseights are rumored for the men's Rumble. (CSS)

Speaking to Pancakes & Powerslams, Dave Crist talks about not being signed by WWE: "Dreamer said that he was really impressed by us, but we were way too small to even be considered to be a developmental talent. Dreamer goes, 'But, I can probably put in a word in for you with Gabe Sapolsky at Ring of Honor. Let me give him a call, and give me your number and I'll let you know how that goes.' And then, he got a hold of us a few weeks later, and he was like,' Yeah, Gabe said you guys would be good for Dayton. So, if you guys want to do Ring of Honor in Dayton, you're more than welcome to go give it a shot.'"

Here Becky Lynch explains how she got into wrestling: "You know, when I was young I failed P.E. class. And I was kind of chubby but I was definitely a tomboy. I just knew I had to get it together and work on myself. But it wasn't until I was about 15 years old that I became interested in wrestling. My brother and I used to be so into it we'd watch wrestling on TV every Saturday morning while eating Cocoa-Puffs. I loved it, and we would play and wrestle each other."

2:00 PM ET. In honor of her birthday here's a new video featuring Tamina Snuka.

From FITE TV: "Starting this week, FITE is expanding its over-the-top television offering with the introduction of a shoot interview series to air on a free-to-watch basis at 8pm EST every Thursday. You can download The Fite App for free for your cell phone or mobile device by clicking here.. Fite can be streamed from your phone to Samsung Smart TVs and via our Roku channel as well. Shoot Interviews will bolster FITE Pro Wrestling appointment-viewing schedule which already features free TV shows from promotions like Ring of Honor Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, Reality of Wrestling and Rocky Mountain Wrestling as well as weekly news and fight recaps curated by FITE editors in a new programming series called 'FITE In Focus'. The full FITE weekly schedule is below. The 'Shoot' interviews have a running time of between 50 minutes and 5 hours and will air one-time only for free each Thursday so fans can kick back and dive into the history of Pro Wrestling with some of the most colorful personalities of the sport and learn about their early days in the business. This Thursday's Shoot Interview feature with Roddy Piper will have PWInsider's Mike Johnson as the host for FITE chat session during the program. Get Mike's take on the interview and offer up your own thoughts as the interview happens live on your video screen. The interview schedule features all-time Pro Wrestling favorites who charted the wrestling landscape like Eric Bischoff, Ric Flair, Jesse Ventura, Roddy Piper as well as many of the stars of today such as AJ Styles, Young Bucks and many more."

Modern Vintage Wrestling has canceled their Jan. 20th event following the firing of CWF Mid-Atlantic's Brad Stutts. (PWI)

Even though Anthem had already announced they were no longer going to fight wrestlers over their names or intellectual property, they have apparently brokered a deal with Matt Hardy anyway to give him ownership of the Broken Universe characters outright. (wInc)

3:00 PM ET. Booker T talks about becoming world champion in WCW: "There was a question in my mind, because I am black, if the fans would accept a black world champion. Bash at the Beach was a topsy-turvy night. Finally, when the 1-2-3 came, the fans erupted. All my questions were answered; they really did want to see me win."